@Meteor, the fanfics which were removed by request of the author were removed out of the list or deleted out of IDW forever?

They're not removed forever, they're just taken down from the listing. You can still find them on the forums if you look around or use the Search function, all fanfics should have the [FANFIC] tag in their topic name. There are various reasons for this. I'm guessing a main one would be that they quit the project and they don't want others to see it uncompleted or something. I don't really know the full details.

Not sure if I already suggested this or not. But I was thinking about adding a little spoiler free synopsis of the stories right under the titles and author information just so people can um... get a feel of the story before jumping into it. Or is that too much? Anyway, I notice an increase in the number of people writing. I should get back into it huh? *looks at essays and long academic and social to do list* NAH! You guys can wait on more updates.

Not sure if I already suggested this or not. But I was thinking about adding a little spoiler free synopsis of the stories right under the titles and author information just so people can um... get a feel of the story before jumping into it. Or is that too much? Anyway, I notice an increase in the number of people writing. I should get back into it huh? *looks at essays and long academic and social to do list* NAH! You guys can wait on more updates.

I second that, I feel the need to do this too, seeing people might misunderstand my Fanfic.

"*looks at essays and long academic and social to do list* NAH! You guys can wait on more updates. " <<<This... hahahahaha

Anyway, because it's been kinda dead in here and stories haven't been getting much feedback, here's a reminder to all the readers here that you don't necessarily have to spend forever putting together a super in-depth critical breakdown of every strength and weakness in a chapter in order to leave feedback on the stories here.(You can leave stuff like that to me since I've more or less gotten myself stuck in that role and that's what people expect from me now )But seriously though, if you're liking a story, have suggestions to offer, etc. then leaving some simple feedback in the thread for the story wouldn't be a bad thing. It'll bring additional activity to these parts and it'll give writers more motivation to keep going, as well as perhaps tell them if they're doing something right or not. And I know some of the stories here may seem a little on the dead side, but some of us writers here are indeed planning on actually finishing them.This place just needs some more reader feedback like it used to have. I shouldn't just be the only one commenting on fics here anymore should I?

(Ugh, there are so many story threads I'm gonna have to get back to leaving replies in)

But yeah, do leave suggestions, encouragement, typos you spotted, etc. if you can find time for it. I'm not saying you have to go shower every single story with a truckload of praise - there's no need to be super hyper positive here. Just try to let writers know that people are actually reading their stories so that they see more of a point to posting updates and/or improving their writing. It could help this section out.And no, you don't have to comment on every single story ever posted here; that'd be crazy. Feedback on new and/or recently updated fics would be good though.

Yeah, Meteor said it better than I can. I write in the hopes that people actually read the crap that I output and I get replies. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy when people post in my story threads. I'm not trying to attention whore, but if I put 5+ hours into a chapter, I would like to get recognized for it. Thanks for saying it Meteor. If enough people say that they want the story to come back then I'll try to get back into the swing of things. Just for you, I'll try putting together a quick chapter.

To be honest, since I'm not a huge active member anymore I think that Beyond the Horizon is kinda moot. I'll see if I can finish it up and then get to Burning Amber since that is something that I would really love to concentrate on. I'm drowning in work though, I'm so miserable and yet happy at the same time...